Senior Occupational Therapist: Orthopaedics And Spinal Services

The purpose of this post is to provide comprehensive Occupational Therapy services to children and families attending in-patient and out-patient orthopaedic & spinal services within CHI at Temple Street. This comes at an exciting time of expansion of services, evolving procedures and pathways, and offers the post holder excellent opportunities to develop leadership skills and to advocate for the discipline of Occupational Therapy within acute paediatrics in Ireland.

The post holder will maintain appropriate clinical skills and competencies, to provide clinical services to children and young person’s attending for elective surgeries or who might have to attend the hospital following orthopaedic traumas. The senior therapist will work closely with OT colleagues and OTA to manage the CHI Short Term loan Equipment service which supports hospital discharge and the return to function. The senior therapist will support junior members of team and support staff to carry out their clinical duties. The post holder will offer understanding of Occupational Therapy services across sites, and will support the on-going development of clinical services in conjunction with the wider MDTs and CHI stakeholders. The OT will actively contribute to the development of the OT clinical services to support planning for the New Children’s Hospital.

Essential Criteria:

• Be registered as an Occupational Therapist with CORU or provide evidence of registration application on CV
• 3 years recent and satisfactory experience within a relevant clinical area
• Relevant and recent experience working with patients with Orthopaedic conditions within an acute setting (adult or paediatric)
• Evidence of continued professional development in a relevant clinical area.

* Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV, this forms part of your application and CV’s will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter.

The closing date for submissions of CV’s and cover letter is Wednesday 20th November 2024 by 17:00 Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Colette Slevin, Occupational Therapist Manager in Charge III, 01 8784542, Colette.slevin@childrenshealthireland.ie

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact recruitment@childrenshealthireland.ie